Legal Liability for Emailing Credit Card Numbers
HiFirst, lets clarify, that I understand that emailing credit card numbers in plain text emails is wrong - morally, ethically, responsibly.I have a client (Company A), who is a service provider for...
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Company A. they can choose to either do business the right way or the wrong way. company B is a vendor (while they are doing business the wrong) can be replaced. also they would have to check for...
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Yea pretty much Company A is going to be the one held responsible. CPI compliance is pretty necessary these days, I don't see how Company B can even ask for non-encrypted CC info with a straight face...
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Certainly they both would be raked over the coals hard core. I wouldn't want to be either if the information gets out. I would instruct Company A to stop immediately as they are your client. Tell them...
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Thanks for the feedback - I'm glad it mirrors my own. As far as dropping them as a client, there are a couple of factors here; 1) the client accounts for 50% of the companies business and 2) the VP of...
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I would take a nice analogy that is absurd to your VP of Company A that demonstrates the lack of thought in his decision.Company B asks you to go rob the Local bank. Company A does this. Gets caught....
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There are very clear requirements for compliance with PCI, and any merchant or credit card processor (including both of the companies in this scenario, unless Company B is really not processing credit...
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Thanks all round for discussion on this.The outcome is, that company B, has decided to accept company A to send them encrypted emails to an address they're setting up for this.I call this a mini-win...
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HiFirst, lets clarify, that I understand that emailing credit card numbers in plain text emails is wrong - morally, ethically, responsibly.I have a client (Company A), who is a service provider for...
View ArticleLegal Liability for Emailing Credit Card Numbers
Company A. they can choose to either do business the right way or the wrong way. company B is a vendor (while they are doing business the wrong) can be replaced. also they would have to check for...
View ArticleLegal Liability for Emailing Credit Card Numbers
Yea pretty much Company A is going to be the one held responsible. CPI compliance is pretty necessary these days, I don't see how Company B can even ask for non-encrypted CC info with a straight face...
View ArticleLegal Liability for Emailing Credit Card Numbers
Certainly they both would be raked over the coals hard core. I wouldn't want to be either if the information gets out. I would instruct Company A to stop immediately as they are your client. Tell them...
View ArticleLegal Liability for Emailing Credit Card Numbers
Thanks for the feedback - I'm glad it mirrors my own. As far as dropping them as a client, there are a couple of factors here; 1) the client accounts for 50% of the companies business and 2) the VP of...
View ArticleLegal Liability for Emailing Credit Card Numbers
I would take a nice analogy that is absurd to your VP of Company A that demonstrates the lack of thought in his decision.Company B asks you to go rob the Local bank. Company A does this. Gets caught....
View ArticleLegal Liability for Emailing Credit Card Numbers
There are very clear requirements for compliance with PCI, and any merchant or credit card processor (including both of the companies in this scenario, unless Company B is really not processing credit...
View ArticleLegal Liability for Emailing Credit Card Numbers
Thanks all round for discussion on this.The outcome is, that company B, has decided to accept company A to send them encrypted emails to an address they're setting up for this.I call this a mini-win...
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